Peter Ajamian writes:
>
> For the MD5-based algorithm, the SALT should consist of the string
> `$1$', followed by up to 8 characters, terminated by either
> another `$' or the end of the string. The result of `crypt' will
> be the SALT, followed by a `$' if the salt didn't end with one,
> followed by 22 characters from the alphabet `./0-9A-Za-z', up to
> 34 characters total. Every character in the KEY is significant.
If that's correct, and if MD5 passwords in /etc/passwd (or whatever
shadow file gets used) correctly start with $1$, and that's what
getpwnam() (or getspnam()) return in pw_passwd (or sp_pwdp), then
there's no reason that they wouldn't work with CVS. CVS doesn't store
the result of crypt() in a fixed-size buffer (or anywhere else, for that
matter). I'm having trouble reconciling this information with the
original report that MD5 passwords don't work, but DES passwords do.
-Larry Jones
It's no fun to play games with a poor sport. -- Calvin
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